Bicycle-saddle.



No. 660,25; Patented Oct. 23,1900.

0. S. HARMUN.

BIGYCLE SADDLE.

(Applscation filed May 21, 1896.)

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BICYCLE SADDLE.

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PATENT OFFICE.

()RVILLE S. HARMON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BICYCLE-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 660,215, dated October 23, 1900,

Application filed May 21,1898. :ierial No. 681,347. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

l-ie it known that I, ORVILLE S. HARMON, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of New York, (Brooklyn,) in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bicycle-Saddles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to bicycle-saddles.

I will describe a bicycle-saddle embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the claims. v

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bicycle-saddle embodying my iu vention. Fig. 2 is a bottom view thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional vietv on the line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a view of the front end of the saddle. Fig. 5 is a bottom view of a modified form of saddle. Fig. 6 is a bottom view of a saddle having a seat portion of perforated metal.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A represents the seat portion of a bicyclesaddle, B a frame which carries the seat portion, and C a spring for supporting the frame and seat portion from a clamp D, which is connected with the seat-post of a bicycle.

The seat portion A is of woven wire and tempered to render it resilient, which resilience tends to preserve the normal shape of the seat portion while not in use. The seat portion is secured to the frame B at all points of its periphery, and it is curved upwardly and outwardly from the frame, so as to be protu berant between its upper and lower por-' tions. The purpose of this protuberance is to provide for a better cushion effect in the seat portion. The protuberance also presents a rounded and yielding surface against which the limbs have to bear While in the act of pedaling. As shown, the curved or protu'berant portion is more pronounced at the front part of the saddle than at the rear, and hence the seat portion will be thicker at this part. This increased thickness is provided at this part owing to the necessity of having the saddle yield more at this part than at the rear. To obtain the best results, the curve b in the seat portion graduallyincreases in its radius from the rear toward the front at the sides of the saddle, attaining its greatest radius at the front of the saddle, as shown at 6 The radius of the curve may then decrease along the horn of the saddle. A cover E, of any suitable material,may be provided for the seat portion.

The frame B of the saddle is preferably of Wire, which is flexible, thereby permitting the saddle yielding to any motion of the body of the rider while in the act of pedaling. The frame is preferably made from asingle piece of wire, which is bent to the desired shape. In the drawings the frame is shown as having two layers of wire (see Figs. 1 and 3) and loops b which extend across the frame to strengthen it without atthe same time interfering with the flexibility of the frame. The periphery or edge of the seat portion is held between the two layers of Wire, and the periphery or edge of the seat portion and the two layers of wire are held together by means of a wire 5 which is wound around the two layers of wire and passed through the interstices of the seat portion. This arrangement of securing the seat portion to the frame will cause the frame to take up any strain that is put upon the seat portion. The wire bi is also employed to bind the ends of the loops 193 of the frame.

The spring 0 may be of any desired shape. The ends are secured in the clamps F, so that a yielding support will be provided for each side of the front and rear central line of the saddle. The clamps F are connected with the loop b of the frame.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a modified form of framefortheseatportion. Theframeis made from a single piece of wire, which is bent to form the supporting-ovals b, which are con nected to each other by the cross-piece b A seat port-ion A is secured to each of the ovals by a wire, as hereinbefore described, and each seat portion is shaped to produce the cushioning etfect hereinbefore described. In this form of saddle the attaching-clamp F, employed forsecuringthe framestothe spring 0, is riveted to the frame to'serve as a'brace.

A convenient way for forming the seat portion and frame is to give them the desired shape when they are in a soft and unteinpered state. They are 'then united or connected and tempered to produce the resiliency of the seat portion and the flexibility of the frame.

It is obvious that instead of having the seat portion of woven wire suitably-perforated sheet metal may be employed. The sheet metal if shaped as hereinbefore described in connection with the woven wire and secured to a suitable frame would possess the same advantages and produce the same results as does the woven wire. A saddle so formed is shown in Fig. 6, wherein A represents the seat portion, of perforated sheet metal, and B the frame, to which the seat portion is secured. V

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a bicycle-saddle the combination of a suit-able frame, and a seat portion of tem pered wire,eurved protuberantly between the upper and lower portions, said seat por ion being made thicker at the front than at the rear portion.

2. In a bicycle-saddle, the combination of a suitable frame, and a seat portion of tempered wire,curved protuberantly between the upper and lower portions, said seat portion being more protnberant at the front than at the rear portion.

3. In a bicycle-saddle, the combination of a suitable frame, and a seat portion of tem pered wire curved protuberantly between the upper and lower portions, said seat portion being made thicker and more protuberant at the front than at the rear portion.

4. In a bicycle-saddle the combination of a suitable frame, a seat portion of woven wire fastened to said frame and curved protuberantly between the upper and lower portions, the said wire being tempered so that its resilience will tend to preserve the normal shape of the seat while it is not in use.

5. In a bicycle-saddle the combination of a suitable frame, a seat portion of wire curved protuberantly at its front and sides between the upper and lower portions of said frame, the Wire of the seat being tempered so that its resilience will tend to preserve the normal shape of the seat while it is not in use.

6. In a bicycle-saddle, the combination of a frame formed from a single piece of wire that is bent to have two layers of wire at all parts of the frame, and a seat portion of woven wire, the edge of which is curved inwardly and held between the two layers of wire of the frame,

whereby the frame will take up the strain put upon the seat portion, substantially as described.

7. In a bicycle-saddle, the combination of a frame formed from a single piece of wire that is bent to have two layers of wire arranged one above the other at all parts of the frame, and a seat portion of woven wire, the edge of which is curved inwardly so as to have it held 7 between the two layers of wire, whereby the frame will take up the strain put upon the seat portion, substantially as described.

8. In a bicycle-saddle, the combination of a frame made from a single piece of wire that is bent to have twolayers of wire at all parts and loops which extend across the frame on each side of the front and rear middle line thereof, a resilient seat portion having its edge held between the two layers of wire of said frame, and a sup 'iortingspring, said supporting-spring being attached at its end to said loops, substantially as described.

9. In a bicycle-saddle, the combination of a suitable frame, and a seat portion of tempered woven wire having a continuous periphery which is secured to said frame at all points of its periphery, said seat portion being curved upwardlyand outwardly from the frame atthe sides and front thereof, and said curve having a gradually-increasing radius beginning from the rearof the frame and ending at the front, and then gradually decreasing along the horn of the saddle.

10. In a bicycle-saddle, the combination ofa suitable frame, and a seat portion of tempered woven wire having a continuous periphery which is secured to said frame at all points of its periphery, said seat portion be ing curved upwardly and outwardly from the frame from its periphery, and said curve having a gradually-increasing radius beginning at the rear of the frame and ending at the front thereof, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ORVILLE S. IIARMON.

Witnesses:

ANTHONY GREF, GEO. E. CRUSE. 

